Matting end.



No. 767,094. PATEIITED AUG. 9, 1904. M. J. WILSON.

MA'I'TING END.

APPLICATION FILED-SEPT. 19, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MILFORD J. WILSON, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO PERCY K. SMITH, OF PAINESVILLE,

OHIO.

NIATTING END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,094, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed September 19, 1903. Serial No. 173,809- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILFORD J. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Painesville, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Matting Ends, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of the invention is to preventthe scratching of floors by metal matting ends or by the devices which fasten said matting ends to the matting, and also to provide fastening devices which are easily applied and removed and which are not likely to scratch and tear the clothing of women who walk over them.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing and hereinafter described, and definitely distinguished in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the end of a strip. of matting equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom View of a portion of said strip, and Fig. 3 is a sectional View through one of the fastening devices.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a strip of matting.

B represents the matting end, consisting of a piece of Zinc or other suitable material doubled into U shape and adapted to receive the edge of the matting between its two members. This matting end is as long as thematting is wide, and it is wide enough to accommodate the fastening devices and to enable them to get a firm hold upon the matting. In the form shown each fastening device con.- sists of a bolt O, which is passed through holes in the two members of the matting end and through the interposed matting. It also passes through a pad E, preferably made of rubber, which is applied to the under side of the matting end. The hole in this pad is counter- A cap-nut a is secured to the upper end of this bolt, said cap-nut being thickest at its middle part and being of decreasing thickness toward its edges. The pads prevent the matting ends and the bolts from contacting with and scratching the floor. The

I nuts present a not unsightly appearance on the upper surface of the matting end, and they are not liable to catch the clothing of women who walk over them. These bolts may be easily removed and replaced whenever it is desired to turn the matting in the matting ends.

The foregoing is a detail description of the specific embodiment of the invention which is shown in the drawings. It is obvious, however, that certain changes in details may be made without departure from the invention which is set forth in the following claims.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination with a matting end having two members, of bolts for clamping said members to the interposed matting, and nonabrading washers surroiiindingsaid bolts upon the underside of the matting end and adapted to hold the bolts out of contact with the floor, nuts for said bolts, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a sheet-metal matting end having two members, formed by bending the metal which lies respectively on and under the interposed matting, bolts passing through said two members and the interposed matting, and rubber washers on the nu der side of said matting end, embracing said bolts and having countersunk holes in which the heads of the bolts are buried, and beveled cup-bolts secured onto the upwardly-projecting ends of said bolts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses;

MILFORD J. WILSON.

Witnesses:

I. B. HULL, B. W. BROCKETT. 

